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As reported earlier in relation to customs seizures based on Anti Piracy Regulation 13832003, Dutch Courts, including the Supreme Court, have often applied a legal fiction to cases concerning the transit of goods through The Netherlands

"The transit of generic medicines to developing countries should not be unnecessarily impeded," replied Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs Heemskerk, on 6 September 2009 to questions raised by the Dutch Parliament